Regional & State

Long planning times and increasing competition internationally mean U.S. carmakers will continue to develop electric cars, despite funding cuts from the Trump administration, experts say.

Committee hearings and floor debates on HB 520 revealed substantial misunderstandings of the law enforcement exception Kentucky’s open records law, write open government advocate Amye Bensenhaver.

In a week of head spinning alterations to legislation, surprises continued Thursday, the 27th day of the 30-day session.

The late-breaking change in the bill would subvert a Supreme Court ruling in the Shively police case.

As the superminority calls for more transparency, the House Republican leader warns the "clock is ticking."

Among the 2,400 historical markers throughout Kentucky, 22 tell the history of Christian County.

Last year, the General Assembly created a task force to study the governance of Jefferson County Public Schools. After it called for another year of study, the legislature is considering expanding the group to study all Kentucky schools.

Service members already face stark challenges as they integrate back into civilian life. A professor of legal studies and political science explains why President Donald Trump’s budget cuts will make this process harder for veterans.

The order does not include Glenna Bevin, Jonah’s adoptive mother, but directs her to appear at the March 19 court hearing.

Ella Woolfolk, 92, who was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, started styling hair when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.

A fast-moving bill that could subject many rural water supplies in Kentucky to pollution may have hit a bump in the road, with a GOP chairman acknowledging “validity” of concerns.

Beshear said he’s been having conversations with Canadian officials, urging them to spare Kentucky and focus any retaliatory measures “on places and areas where people aren’t speaking up.”